Category: Military

Military matters: arms, warriors, strategy, and history

Huawei BoJo No-Go

New word that the UK is reversing their decision to use Huawei to develop their 5G communications backbone.

This is a win for Team Trump and the western alliance.  It will improve national security for the Anglosphere and our friends.  This is a setback for Xi and China as well as for Huawei.... [Read More]

9+
avataravataravataravataravataravataravataravataravatar

something to think about….

Apple and Google are combining to make an app that will automatically be injected into your mobile phone. This is the COVID-19 app. What it will do is monitor your location and proximity to another with a Bluetooth equipped device and if you are close to someone that has or has been close to someone who has COVID-19, You will be flagged!

Read that again, “if you are close to someone that has or has been close to someone who has COVID-19, you will be flagged“….

Continue reading “something to think about….”

6+
avataravataravataravataravataravatar

Great Moments in French Aviation

Dassault RafaleAviation Digest reports today that “Rafale Ride Leads To Inadvertent Ejection By Over-Stressed Passenger”.   An April 6, 2020 report by the French military’s air accident investigation branch recounts a March 2019 flight in which  a contractor employee, responsible for test activity for his employer, was offered a surprise treat: a back-seat ride in a Dassault Rafale, the French front-line fighter aircraft.

Because the gesture was meant as a surprise, the passenger was informed only hours before the flight, leaving little time for him to prepare. The passenger did not feel he could decline the gesture, bowing to the social pressure imposed by his colleagues, the report said.... [Read More]

11+
avataravataravataravataravataravataravataravataravataravataravatar

Venezuelan Navy

What were they thinking?

    Naiguatá

The  Resolute is a cruise ship that is flagged from Portugal and owned by Columbia Cruise Services of Hamburg, Germany.  It was nearing Curaçao in international waters when it was confronted by Venezuelan Navy Patrol Ship  Naiguatá.   The confrontation had an interesting outcome:

The Naiguatá sank.

All hands were rescued.   This story made me laugh.

Continue reading “Venezuelan Navy”

6+
avataravataravataravataravataravatar

Ch ch ch ch annnges….

Group effort today- what changes will occur to our society by year one AV (After Virus)?

I will throw a few out to get it started….... [Read More]

9+
avataravataravataravataravataravataravataravataravatar